Read the text and translate the words and phrases into your native language

Before reading

Answer the following questions:

1. In which season the weather is cold, cloudy and windy?

2. In which season the weather is hot and sunny?

3. In which season the weather is warm and sunny?

4. In which season the weather is freezing, cold and snowy?

Read the sentences, then listen and tick the correct word.

1. Leaves/Trees are bursting in leaf, flowers are breaking into blossom.

2. Spring is a busy/free season for gardeners who have much to do in their orchards.

3. Rainy and warm weather in spring is good/bad.

4. Summer is hotter/the hottest season of all.

5. People go to the sea/seaside to lie in the sun, to swim in the sea and come back to their work and studies, healthy and full of vitality.

6. Autumn is the time of harvest/hardest.

7. A short spell of warm pleasant weather in autumn is called Indian/India Summer.

8. Winter is the coldest/colder season of all.

9. Winter is the time for skiing, skating, hockey- playing/planning.

10. Yet nobody/everybody is sorry when winter is over.

'Seasons and weather'

There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring is the time of hope and happiness. Nature is awakening of life again. Trees are bursting in leaf, flowers are breaking into blossom. Spring is a busy season for gardeners who have much to do in their orchards. Rainy and warm weather in spring is good.
Summer is the hottest season of all. It is a time of holidays and vacation. People go to the seaside to lie in the sun, to swim in the sea and come back to their work and studies, healthy and full of vitality. In summer at times the heat is almost unbearable. But sometimes there are heavy thunder - storms in summer.
Autumn is the time of harvest. In September the weather is fine. October and November are rainy. The sky is most overcast with low and heavy clouds. In October the days are growing rapidly shorter and the sun rays lose their warmth. In November almost all trees have cast off their leaves and stand there bare and lonely. A short spell of warm pleasant weather in autumn is called Indian Summer.
Winter is the coldest season of all. In winter though the sun shines, its rays bring little warmth. Nights are long and days are short in winter. In winter the weather is nasty when the wind blows violently and the falling snow strikes the face. Winter is the time for skiing, skating, hockey-playing. On a fine winter day snow is falling in large flakes, covering the ground. The streets and parks are all in white. It's very nice to be in the open air. Yet nobody is sorry when winter is over.

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